Terms of Surrender for the Spanish
Forces at Manila, Philippine Islands

Contributed by Nick Mitiuckov

General:

These are the final terms agreed to by the Spanish and American forces
concerning the surrender of Spanish Forces in and about Manila.

The Agreement:

"MANILA, August l4th, 1898.

THE UNDERSIGNED, having been appointed a commission to determine
the details of capitulation of the city and defenses of Manila and its
suburbs, and the Spanish forces stationed therein, in accordance with the
agreement entered into the previous day by Major-General Wesley Merritt,
U. S. Army, American Commander-in-Chief in the Philippines, and His Excellency
Don Fermin Jaudenes, Acting General-in-Chief of the Spanish Army in the
Philippines, HAVE AGREED UPON THE FOLLOWING:

1. The Spanish troops, European and native, capitulate with the city
and defenses, with all the honors of war, depositing their arms in the
places designated by the authorities of the United States, and remain in
the quarters designated and under the orders of their officers and subject
to the control of the aforesaid United States authorities, until the conclusion
of a treaty of peace between the two belligerent nations. All persons included
in the capitulation remain at liberty and officers remaining in their respective
homes, which shall be respected as long as they observe the regulations
prescribed for their government and the laws in force.

3. All public horses and public property of all kinds shall be turned
over to staff officers designated by the United States.

4. Complete returns in duplicate of men by organizations, and full
lists of public property and stores, shall be rendered to the United States
within ten days from this date.

5. All questions relating to the repatriation of officers and men
of the Spanish forces and of their families and of the expenses which said
repatriation may occasion, shall be referred to the Government of the United
States at Washington. Spanish families may leave Manila at any time convenient
to them.

6. Officers included in the capitulation shall be supplied by the
United States, according to their rank, with rations and necessary aid,
as though they were prisoners of war, until the conclusion of a treaty
of peace between the United States and Spain. All the funds in the Spanish
treasury and all other public funds shall be turned over to the authorities
of the United States.

7. This city, its inhabitants, its churches and religious worship,
its educational establishments, and its private property of all descriptions,
are placed under the special safeguard of the faith and honor of the American
army.

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